October 14, 2008
American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Room 603
Conference Schedule
8:30 - 9:15 am - Breakfast and Registration
9:15 - 9:30 am - Welcoming Remarks
- Dean Claudio Grossman, Washington College of Law
- Susana SáCouto, Director, War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law
9:30 - 11:00am - Incorporating Gender: Does Institutional Structure Matter? (View Webcast)
Moderator: Daniela Kraiem, Associate Director, Women and International Law Program, Washington College of Law
Panelists:
- Rhonda Copelon, International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic, City University of New York
- Brigid Inder, Women’s Initiatives for Gender Justice
- Maxine Marcus, The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
11:00 - 11:15 am - Coffee Break, Room 603
11:15am - 12:45pm - The Devil is in the Details: Policy and Practice (View Webcast)
Moderator: Susana SáCouto, Director, War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law
Panelists:
- Florence Darques-Lane, The International Criminal Court (ICC)
- Chiseche Salome Mibenge, Researcher, Netherlands Institute for Human Rights Research, Utrecht University School of Law
- Gabriela Mischkowski, Medica Mondiale
- Susana SáCouto, War Crimes Research Office, Washington College of Law
1:00 - 3:00 pm - Lunch, Washington College of Law, 6th Floor Lounges
Keynote Address: Gender Strategy is not a Luxury for International Courts (View Webcast)
Patricia Viseur Sellers
Former Legal Advisor for Gender and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Visiting Fellow Kellogg College, Oxford University; Special Consultant to the High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Independent Gender Expert
3:00 - 4:30 pm - From Theory to Practice and Back Again: Lessons Learned from the Gender Jurisprudence and Feminist Critiques of the International/ized Criminal Tribunals (View Webcast)
Moderator: Ann Shalleck, Director, Women and International Law Program, Washington College of Law
Panelists:
- Kelly Askin, Open Society Justice Initiative
- Justice Teresa Doherty, The Special Court for Sierra Leone
- Valerie Oosterveld, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law
- Beth Van Schaack, Santa Clara University School of Law
4:30 - 4:45 pm - Closing Remarks
5:00 - 6:30 pm - Reception
Washington College of Law, 6th Floor Lounges